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New comment by xn7 in "Apple iPhone 18 Pro Camera test"

xn7 — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 20:43:58 +0000

Zoom in on the tree leaves, it's very visible on those. They appear as green rings, slightly lighter on the edge, giving it the appearance of a ring. You can also see it very clearly in the spots of sky between the leaves, they appear grey with an almost white outline.

New comment by xn7 in "US gas prices hit an average of $4 a gallon again"

xn7 — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:50:28 +0000

The iPhone is priced exactly like that. And so are most consumer products. See Steam games, cars, Netflix, …

New comment by xn7 in "Perlisisms (1982)"

xn7 — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:36:54 +0000

That makes that quote even better, no? What is relevant to you might not be relevant to me, the right level for you might too far low level for me.

New comment by xn7 in "Riot Games: Peeking into Valorant's Netcode (2020)"

xn7 — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:19:27 +0000

Riot has a notoriously toxic work environment, and recently has had massive rounds of layoffs[0]. And it’s extra bad for women, like at most game studios.

[0]: https://www.riotgames.com/en/news/2024-rioter-update - 11% of staff let go

New comment by xn7 in "Using AI to fight insurance claim denials"

xn7 — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 16:37:16 +0000

I agree that it’s very frustrating, but law is a language game between opposing parties. There is always going to be willful misinterpretation, because, well, sometimes people want incompatible things. If you add a spirit of the law TLDR, you’ll need a spirit of the spirit of the law, and so on.

New comment by xn7 in "EU parliament member hit by Israeli Candiru spyware"

xn7 — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 08:07:31 +0000

Zero click exploits are a thing, but they are very expensive and have limited shelf life (once they have been used a few times, they tend to get found out and patched). Most actors won’t use one, unless it is a very, very high value target. It seems that the EU parliament member was not high value enough, and got lucky.

New comment by xn7 in "Google is making a map of methane leaks for the whole world to see"

xn7 — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 16:28:38 +0000

Putin has “updated” term limits several times. For the UK and Germany, this makes sense, however.

New comment by xn7 in "Outlook is Microsoft's new data collection service"

xn7 — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 17:20:23 +0000

They also have offers where you only pay for email || vpn || cloud-storage. Their payment structure is somewhat confusing, but very flexible.

New comment by xn7 in "Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone"

xn7 — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 10:13:49 +0000

The Palm Pre had the best mobile typing experience I have ever had. I tested a lot of different stuff (Blackberries, various weird looking Nokias), but something about the Palm Pre was just... better. It had the perfect amount of resistance, the keys were well defined and had a nice rubber touch.